Slayer task/Skeletons

Skeletons
Requirements
Skills										None
Combat level										15
Other										None
Task Amounts
Turael										15-50
Krystilia										65-100
Mazchna										40-70
Advanced data
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Skeletons are undead monsters that can be assigned as tasks at combat level 15 by various slayer masters. They are often found in cemeteries and dungeons. A good strategy to kill them is to use melee with a weapon with crush bonuses (such as a Viggora's chainmace) and a salve amulet or salve amulet (e), due to their low defense against that style of attack.

Another strategy to kill them would be with magic, using the Crumble Undead spell on them.

Monster Variants

Monster	Combat level	Slayer XP	Locations	Notes
Skeleton	21 22 25 45 60 68 85	24 29 17 59 70 70 77	Catacombs of Kourend Draynor Sewers Edgeville Dungeon Stronghold of Security Taverley Dungeon Varrock Sewers Waterfall Dungeon Wilderness	Common skeletons, found across Gielinor
Skeleton (Tarn's Lair)	40 42 59 63 72 77 81 87	26 40/42 53 58 69 80 71 92	Tarn's Lair Abandoned Mine	Skeletons found in the Abandoned Mine and Tarn's Lair, some of which animate from piles of bones on the floor when the player is near
Skeleton (mage)	94	85	Tarn's Lair	Magic-using skeletons found in Tarn's Lair
Skeleton (Barrows)	77	51	Barrows	Skeletons found in the Barrows minigame, which once killed contribute to the minigame's rewards
Skeleton (Shayzien Crypts)	132	54	Shayzien Crypts	Skeletons found in the Shayzien Crypts, which each attack with a different combat style
Skeleton (Melzar's Maze)	22	29	Melzar's Maze	Found in Melzar's Maze, killed for the yellow key to progress through the maze
Skeleton (Ape Atoll)	142	110	Ape Atoll Dungeon	Giant monkey skeletons found in the Ape Atoll Dungeon, aggressive to humans but not to players disguised using a monkey greegree
Skeleton (Draynor Manor)	22	29	Draynor Manor	A unique skeleton found in Draynor Manor, which attacks the player when they take the rubber tube
Skeleton (The Restless Ghost)	13	N/A - This skeleton does not count towards Slayer Task progression.	Wizards' Tower	A skeleton that animates from a nearby pile of bones in the Wizards' Tower basement to attack the player when they pick up the ghost's skull
Vet'ion	454	624	South of Lava Dragon Isle	A wilderness boss who roams south of Lava Dragon Isle.

Location Comparison

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Location	Maplink	Amount	Multicombat	Cannonable	Safespottable	Notes
Catacombs of Kourend		6	Yes	No	No	Bones can be buried to restore one Prayer point, which can help save on Prayer restoration especially with a Bonecrusher. Killing Skeletons here also gives access to Ancient shards and Dark totem pieces as bonus drops.
Draynor Sewers		4	No	Yes	No
Edgeville Dungeon		Unknown	No	Yes	No	Killing skeletons in the northern part of the edgeville dungeon represents a high risk for those who decide to do their slayer task there because it is a pk zone
Stronghold of Security		Unknown	No	Yes	No	Found on the fourth floor
Taverley Dungeon		Unknown	No	Yes	No
Varrock Sewers		7	Yes	Yes	No
Waterfall Dungeon		Unknown	No	Yes	No
Wilderness		Unknown	Yes	Yes	No	Multicombat area and high Risk Player Killing to the makes this a very dangerous location.
Tarn's Lair		Unknown	Yes	Yes	No
Tarn's Lair, Abandoned Mine		Unknown	Yes	Yes	No
Barrows		Unknown	Yes	No	No
Shayzien Crypts		Unknown	Yes	Yes	No
Melzar's Maze		6	Yes	Yes	No
Ape Atoll Dungeon		Unknown	Yes	Yes	No
Draynor Manor		Unknown	No	No	No
Wizards' Tower		Unknown	No	No	No
Digsite Dungeon		10	No	Yes	Yes	Requires partial completion of The Dig Site (and its pre-requisites) to access the dungeon

Exceptions

• Although it is insinuated in Tarn's diary that skeletal wyverns are undead, they are in fact re-animated remains, whereas actual undead creatures have come back to life. This causes the Salve amulet and its enchanted versions to not work against them.
• The Skeleton hellhound summoned by Vanstrom Klause during the In Search of the Myreque quest although it looks like a skeleton, for some reason crumble undead does not work against this monster, and the salve amulet seems to have no effect.